A Flannery O'Connor and the reimagining of beauty, goodness, and truth Bruner, Michael Mears 1965- creator author. text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books. ilu 2017 monographic eng 1 online resource. The good news of Jesus Christ is a subversive gospel, and following Jesus is a subversive act. Exploring the theological aesthetic of American author Flannery O'Connor, Michael Bruner argues that her fiction reveals what discipleship to Jesus Christ entails by subverting the traditional understandings of beauty, truth, and goodness. A medieval modern -- The baron: O'Connor's theological turn -- The liminal frame: O'Connor's moral vision -- Artistic habitus: O'Connor's dramatic vision -- The subverted transcendentals in selected short stories -- The violent bear it away: a case study in subversion -- O'Connor's cathedral of fire. Michael Mears Bruner. Includes bibliographical references and index. O'Connor, Flannery Criticism and interpretation O'Connor, Flannery Christianity in literature Truth in literature Christianity in literature Truth in literature LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General PS3565.C57 813/.54 Bruner, Michael Mears, 1965- Downers Grove : InterVarsity Press, 2017 (DLC) 2017033991 9780830890361 083089036X 2017038107 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1679745 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1679745 DLC 170809 20200709060600.0 on1000385938 eng